Some adventures just have to be documented:

The recent Feng Shui Mastery Module 4 took on a totally different approach under the tutelage of Mastery Trainer Joey Yap – simpler, if you may, but so much more relevant. Not to mention powerful. I say ‘powerful’ because you want to reap the most out of your Feng Shui by exhausting the least of resources…

Like, really – to do Feng Shui for a marina? At the One Degree 15 Marina Club, talk about being thrown into the deep end of the ocean (swim, my fellow men! Swim for your lives!). Someone quipped that this would be like doing Feng Shui for a giant aquarium shop – we were surrounded by water, so where does the Qi come from? Not to mention that, being on Sentosa Island meant that we were on an island of another island (Singapore). How now? The source dragon would be light years away!

But kudos to the students who had their fundamentals at their back pocket – ‘when surrounded by Yang, look for Yin’ – just like what you might find with Flatland Dragons. So, when surrounded by water, you look for… more islands of this island which is already an island’s island? Correct, but make sure your island is also a Star form. If not you might be tapping into a lump of (Ji) earth.

And, for the epicurean in you, check out Latitude Bistro for a breath-taking, mouth-watering dining experience.

The natural ‘Plum Blossom’ formation at Semenyih Memorial Hills was so captivating that we humored with this idea: they should have a Starbucks outlet in there! And because Yin House Feng Shui utilizes just about the same principles and application of Yang House or commercial Feng Shui, a Starbucks here would still do well. In fact, it might encourage people to come spend time here! Morbid? But Feng Shui-able.

That aside, students were taught how to differentiate the usage of the two Huge Door hills available there: the question is, do you want the wealth now, or 30 years later? If powerful descendants is what you are looking for, then tapping into the Military Arts hill would be the best way to go. Noble descendants? Tap into one of the few available Greedy Wolf hills there. Want it all? Watch where all the Qi converges in the area… nothing is impossible.

… Which is evident if you attempt the Feng Shui of Bright Hill Temple, whose previous Head Abbot was the illustrious Master Hong Chuan. Master Hong Chuan is a well-known icon in the Flying Stars Feng Shui circle. Some of our local students shared that the Feng Shui applied here was the famous ‘Seven Star Robbery’. How do you get that?

Let’s start with the original main building, built somewhere during Period 5 (1940’s). Now, should we measure the building’s facing direction, or those tilted doors? You decide. I’m not telling. If you get the right star chart, you will see the ‘Seven Star Robbery’ formation.

Now, even so we are not talking about the ‘usual’ Flying Stars we commonly find today. Remember, the internal stars are only empowered by external landforms. And for that, a quick climb up the highest building reveals that there is in fact a Military Arts hill to the West (yes, an actual hill that is taller than buildings around it). Matching that to the Period 5 star chart, starting from the Dui palace, we find a legitimate ‘Seven Star Robbery’ formation. This means that the Feng Shui of this place would last thru all Periods!

But one small question remains: Tan Yang Wu, the grandmaster of Hong Chuan, did not seem to have discovered or known this ‘Seven Star Robbery’ technique during his time. Had the student superseded his master? If not, did future students force this theory onto the building? How about the other half of the temple complex which were all much newly built? Wouldn’t they have different Flying Star charts, being built in different Periods? Or perhaps Hong Chuan used a different method, one not of Flying Stars?

Well, like they say, there is always two sides to a coin: The Feng Shui of this temple can also be explained strictly using San He Feng Shui. As we know, San He focuses on the greater external forms – most obvious of all was the massive open field across from the main temple building, which acts as a ‘Bright Hall’ for Qi to collect.

Next, the sitting direction of the main buildings matches accurately with the Military Arts hill location, forming the ‘Na Jia Single Qi’ formation (‘One Gua’ if you may). Furthermore it is a Metal formation tapping into a Military Arts – indicating immense power – so perhaps, the rumor that Master Hong Chuan was the personal advisor of the previous Prime Minister… might not be so far-fetched after all.